This combination picture shows the development over the past 11 months at the construction site of the Olympic mountain village at the Rosa Khutor alpine resort near Sochi, from February 2013 (top) to February 1, 2014.

This combination picture shows the development over the past 11 months at the construction site of the Olympic mountain village at the Rosa Khutor alpine resort near Sochi, from February 2013 (top) to February 1, 2014. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)